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Maria Holton

2×2 · top 11.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022HOLT03

Maria Holton has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.76, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts her in the top 11.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 730th in the United Kingdom. Across 47 competitions since May 2022, she has put 1,191 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 40.31 in May 2022 to 13.65, a 66% improvement. Maria has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.76
signature single · Edinburgh Winter 2026
1,191
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.766.28
top 11.6%730 / 4,895
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.00
top 12.2%55 / 372
Pyraminx5.487.35
top 16.3%631 / 3,656
3×3 blindfolded1:11.412:06.86
top 16.5%79 / 311
3×313.6516.20
top 19.7%1,320 / 6,689
Clock10.0411.61
top 25.3%339 / 1,232
4×452.651:00.50
top 28.0%628 / 2,071
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 11 cubes · 55:17—
top 28.7%51 / 126
Megaminx1:40.661:56.56
top 35.0%392 / 966
5×51:39.541:47.24
top 35.0%449 / 1,151
4×4 blindfolded8:16.39—
top 45.8%57 / 84
Skewb8.7313.05
top 46.6%1,100 / 2,421
6×63:16.083:27.97
top 48.5%289 / 548
5×5 blindfolded19:09.00—
early days — 1 solve36 / 50
3×3 one-handed35.7455.58
top 58.6%1,009 / 1,851
7×75:31.546:05.65
top 60.2%293 / 459
Square-149.131:07.36
top 75.3%609 / 778

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Glasgow Open 2022: 40.31Carlisle Summer 2022: 29.89Glasgow Winter 2023: 21.76Edinburgh Spring 2023: 20.86Glasgow Spring 2023: 19.14Edinburgh Summer 2023: 17.17Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 18.74Edinburgh Winter 2024: 15.47Glasgow Spring 2024: 16.90Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 16.94Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024: 14.44Edinburgh Winter 2025: 14.72Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025: 16.07Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025: 15.02Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 15.56Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 14.86Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 15.74Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 14.10Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025: 16.09Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 17.82Edinburgh Winter 2026: 15.49Falkirk Open 2026: 16.63Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026: 15.27Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 13.65Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 14.11Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 15.4713.6540.3128 May 202228 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as she improves.